For three years I've posted about the Fenwicks Christmas Window and it's becoming a tradition to go see it every year now. For many years I was never bothered about seeing the window but lately I've been getting more and more excited for festive activities leading up to Christmas Day. For the past two years Fenwicks have had a Paddington Bear and The Snowman on display. If you don't come from Newcastle or can't get down to the window, here is some photos for your viewing pleasure.

ALL BAR ONE | EVENT

So I got invited to the opening of All Bar One in Newcastle. I was so excited, originally we were suppose to go to the event on the 4th of October but it was moved to the 10th! I told my mum all about it and she dug our this lovely black strapless dress for me to wear. I took a +1 with me and that was Tony. Perfect opportunity for a date night! Warning this post is picture heavy.

FENWICK WINDOW & CHRISTMAS MARKET 2018

Last year I wrote a post about Fenwick window's Christmas theme. Which was Paddington Bear and it was adorable. This year, Fenwick have put The Snowman as it's theme for 2018. To coincide with The Snowman's 40th anniversary. As you walk towards the window, the music "We're walking in the air" can be heard.

NEWCASTLE'S INTERNATIONAL CHRISTMAS MARKET

Every year as far as I can remember Newcastle have had a Christmas International Food Market around the town centre at Monument. From handmade goods, delicious foods and gorgeous jewellery and trinkets, the market is a perfect place to shop for a unique present. But mostly everyone goes for the food. And this year, some old favourites made an appearance as well as some foods I’ve never had before. This year I always see the market to and from work but never have a look. Unfortunately I was too busy scoffing my face with treats that I barely took any photos of the rest of the market. 

I'm pretty sure the normal Christmas market is on straight after this market as well. Correct me if I'm wrong. 

FENWICK WINDOW; PADDINGTON BEAR

Now when you think of Christmas in Newcastle, Fenwick window comes to mind along with the obvious. Fenwick (I always call it Fenwicks, I add the S for no reason) have been doing these windows since I can remember. And some are memorable and some are less memorable. I thought since this year I work in town and go past the Fenwick window display I'd take some photos of this years display! If I'm not mistaken, I'm pretty sure this is the only Fenwick in the UK to put on such a display. So many of you will  have no idea what this means in Newcastle. It's been apart of Newcastle for over 45 years!

The Wedding Diaries: Wonder Show Pt2 The Goodie Bag

Good Morning, Good Evening & Good Night.
Welcome to part 2 of The Wedding Diaries. I previously wrote about my time at the Wedding Wonder Show in Newcastle. And I mentioned that I got a goodie bag. This is what was in the bag.

Oh Abigail " I Do" "Me Too" Pin Badges
These are super cute badges. I love pin badges and I can't wait to cheekily pin these onto us at the wedding party or just as a memento in my wedding box I wanna keep. Check out Oh Abigail on Facebook.

Elmis Hand and Nail Cream
A perfect handbag sized sample was popped into these goodie bags. Most goodies were aimed at weight loss or getting rid of those wrinkles. Are they trying to say something about me?

The Slender Blend
A weight loss milkshake in Vanilla. I haven't tried this yet!

Bubbles Champagne Bottle
These are adorable. I really want some for my favour boxes!

Bride To Be Tote Bag
Such a nice little gift. Perfect for keeping extras in while getting ready for the wedding :D

Confetti
This isn't pictured, but I got a little bag of confetti which were dry flowers and they were beautiful.

Love Hearts Candy
Not pictured as my hubby- to-be ate them.

Weight Watchers Chocolate Bar
Not pictured because we both ate our free bars of chocolate. They were yummy!

Champagne Favour Box
I really wasn't sure what this was at first. And not the type of favour box I would want. Not pictured because it was hard to photograph.

LOTS of Leaflets & Magazines.
Every corner I took, they handed me leaflets, I even got an envelope full at one point. The magazines are lovely to flick through and get some ideas from.

Once again, it was a great experience and I cannot wait to get the rest of my wedding items sorted!

Ta-Ra

Jess

The Wedding Dairies: Newcastle's Wedding Wonder Show 2014: Pt.1

Well hello hello. I's about time I wrote about the wedding show I went to earlier this month. This will be part one of the wedding diaries I'm currently writing on my blog and part 1 of the event, part 2 is the goodie bag. Anything wedding related will go under the tag!
The wedding wonder show was hosted at St Jame's Park. The entrance showcased some of the cars you could hire for the big day. As we got inside there was a wedding singer, nothing like Adam Sandler but tony liked him, haha.
It was hot, stuffy and I was looking around for leaflets to fan myself down with. There was alot of brides to be and since I was late, I rushed to get my goodie bag at the stand which seemed to be the last one. I booked it online before the actual event. Sometimes they give them away though. As I was paroosing, I saw a photobooth machine, which I would have went in and took photos but I had limted amount of money and couldn't. I walked past a woman with a bride to be badge clipped onto her jacket and went into a huff when I didn't get mine. During my time paroosing, I managed to snag some chocolate bars, cake tasters and A LOT of leaflets. It was lovely seeing all the dresses up front, I fell in love with one dress and a few pastel bridesmaid dresses. I even saw a birdcage cake but couldn't get close enough to snap a photo. There were so many people in this place, it was hard to take photos of things. I tried my best!

I remember a cocktail bar which was very colourful and somewhere, there was free glasses of bubbly. I would have took one but I'm not fond of champagne. Apart from the photobooths we saw, we also saw gaming and casino areas. Me and Tony really want a gaming machine for our wedding! It would cost alot though. it's about £600 for rental, same goes for the photobooths. :(

There's a random photo of a lamp because it was really pretty. :)
Overrall I had a really nice time. I got even more excited for my wedding and seeing everything and the prices, I joked to myself that I should be a wedding photographer or a cake maker.
After a bag full of leaflets and little goodies, we eventually left. I would have stuck around for the wedding dress cat walk show, but the seats were all taken and I would have passed out with the heat.
I had a gander in my bag then left to visit my friend Laura as she couldn't make it with me due to having a bad ankle so I brought all my goodies to show her. :)

Have you been to a wedding event? Are you married? How did you plan your wedding if you are?

Ta Ra

Jess

Newcastle Comic Con Part 3

I've never met a celebrity in my life. I once saw Scott from Geordie Shore crossing the road while I was on the bus but that doesn't really count. Just before I decided to get a photo in the Game of Throne's chair. Kai Owen walked out of the door and bumped into me. Kai Owen played Rhys in Torchwood. He was a lovely chap but was in a rush to get back to his autograph table. I said " Oh haiii" Not realising at first who I just said Hello to! He said " Hey, You alright?" In that welsh accent he has. I nodded and he patted my back and walked away. I squealed at Tony. " Omg Kai Owen from Torchwood just touched my back!" Tony's reply... "...ok, who?" Apart from Hannah Spearitt from SClub 7, Tony had no clue who these people were! He was just tagging along to be quite honest.

I snapped a few cheeky pictures of signings that was happening before buying my tickets for Chris and Suanne photoshoots. Gutted that I had hardly any money other wise I would have gotten Kenny Baker's signature for my dad, who's birthday is coming up. It was also really hard to snap a candid photo of him sitting in his chair. I did however get Carl Weathers, another one I was disappointed in not getting, Hannah Spearitt who looks so different from her SClub 7 days , two footballers from way back when and Kai Owens who just looked bored, bless him. I'm also gutted that I never managed to get a picture of John Rhys Davies. I just caught the end of his talk before the Stargate talk started. He did however say hello to us while walking past the Chris Judge photoshoot line. :D
I had my first photoshoot and starstruck moment with Christopher Judge who played Teal'c in Stargate and one of the main reasons for me coming to Comic Con, I would have come anyway but this made it even better. I shook his hand and he said hello and I said hello back. His deep canadian voice took me by surprise. It had been a while since I watched Stargate and he hardly ever speaks on that show. The photographer snapped a photo of me and my smile was do dorky I couldn't believe it. I was so happy! The photographer however kept staring at me. :/

It would be another twenty minutes before my next photoshoot so we both went out for some fresh air. Not realising how long it take. I rushed back in to get my photo with Suanne Braun. I was last in line so I managed to get a few words in with her before I left. I follow her on twitter and whenever I mention something and @ her. She always retweets. And even though hardly anyone knows who she is I think she is a star in my eyes. She's in Milla Jovovich's next film for god sakes ( I don't realise this till later) Anyway Suanne Braun puts her arm around me and I say "Hello, Thank you for retweeting me on twitter by the way" and she goes "omg what did I retweet?" but then the photographer is ready to take the photo so we both smile but I end up doing this goofy look and then before I leave I go "You retweeted about comic con! :D " and then I leave quite happily but I'm annoyed that I didn't smile properly. For those who don't know who Suanne is, she is Hathor in Stargate!

We have a little time to kill before the Stargate talk. So we sit down for a bit before heading around the stalls and we have a listen to the Cosplay talk which was quite interesting. After walking around we caught the end of John-Rhys Davies chatting. We get a good seat in the main talk area right next to a speaker. And on come Suanne and Chris.

Suanne is so funny. She and Chris tell stories of Richard Dean Anderson farting in a sarcophagus in the episode 'Hathor' and how Suanne stalked Eddie Izzard when she was starstuck. Chris told us how Independence Day was actually what Stargate was suppose to be. They wrote a movie for it and it then became Independence Day when MGM were being idiots. MGM were 4 million in debt too! It was really interesting and funny to hear them and of course Chris did his Teal'c "indeed" and Suanne took a photo of the audience but I'm at the far right and cut out! Boo :( But Chris was fine with anyone who showed any boobs while doing it! They auctioned off some t-shirts and they went for about £50. They were rare and made for the stargate crew only. I wish I was rich.

Oh I also got a photo with a Harley Quinn Cosplayer. ;) She was lovely. I wish I gotten more cosplayer photos! There were some amazing Spider-mans.

Here is a snippet of the Stargate Talk


Let me know if you've been to any Comic Cons /going to or have cosplayed? 

 Ta-Ra 

Jess

Newcastle Comic Con Part 1

The day finally arrived! I've been waiting for the first Newcastle Comic Con since last year when it was first announced. I only got tickets for Sunday and I'm glad I did since Showmasters and Newcastle Arena had problems on Saturday with very long queues. Sunday was much better. We arrived at about 9:30am and got in an hour and a bit later. While standing outside we saw some impressive cosplays. There was Darth Vader, Stormstroopers, Indiana Jones, Alice from Resident Evil, Roller Girls (Sadly didn't get a photo of these girls!), Judge Dredd, Stargate Officers to name a few. They were amazing. Just seeing all these fab costumes made me wish I had cosplayed. Perhaps next year ;)
I wore my Wonder Woman t-shirt as it was quite appropriate for this event! If anything was like the Wedding Show event, I knew how hot it would get inside. I didn't even get to keep my ticket because they were rushing to get people inside. So I took a photo of it before we even left. As soon as I got in, Tony needed a tab! Typical I get in and we need to go outside into the break area. One very fast smoke later and I'm surrounded by fellow geeks and cosplayers.....